Vertigo-Temptation/Redemption
Miracle Drug-'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
SYCMIONYO-While I think it is generally about his Father....I also wonder if it has to do with not being able to make it without God.
LAPOE: Middle East
COBL: I feel this has to do with the fact that in our human condition we are somehow broken (SINFULNESS)...."What happened to the beauty inside of me?" The City of Blinding Lights is what our Soul will become when we reach heaven, and the Blessings of Heaven are not just for those who pray....Grace of God opens heaven to all.
All Because of You: Definitely agree I AM is a reference to God. I also feel that this again is a song about redemption. We are born children of grace. The world has uglyness (SIN). I think the middle part is about how opinionated we are, that we do not hear others, making us slow to learn, while life is speeding along. through life our soul, born of Grace becomes cracked but not broken, and God can fix it when we are at the door to heaven. "I'm alive, I'm being born, I just arrived, I am at the door of the place I started out from and I want back inside." It almost sounds like we start as souls in heaven and are sent to earth, and when we die we are back home to be repaired....
Man and a Woman: Not my favorite song, but I think it makes reference to the fact that when the soul finds a soulmate, God is present. maybe? "I've been trying to feel complete again but you're gone and so is God."
Crumbs from Your Table: political/biblical..... The song is in my opinion a slap at the developed world/USA(the brightest star) consuming more than is necessary (the blackest hole) instead of giving what we had to offering to the less fortunate of the world, we sacraficed our soul. We take what we need without thinking of the needs of the others. We try to make our world beautiful, defvouring up everything, including our friends. The poor need more than just stories about miracles of the world, miracles of religion, the need FOOD. Then we can talk about believing in miracles. Being born to a nation in poverty should not be an excuse for dying young in this day and age.
One Step Closer: Nothing new to say about it.
Original of the Species: Again I get a sense of the soul being so pure, like that of a child. I know as a parent I am amazed at the purity and goodness of my children. Their faith and belief in God is so good and simple....and as an adult, I would love to CAPTURE that. "Please stay a child somewhere in your heart." Praying that the child does not lose this purity. "I want the lot of what you got and I want nothing you are not". I think it continues warning the child about the dangers we as adults face, and how the world changes us....."come on now show your SOUL you've been keeping your love under control." How often do we as adults look at the world through the eyes of a child? Do we lose that childhood way of loving and showing our soul as we grow old? I think of this verse in the bible:
The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven
1At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"
2He called a little child and had him stand among them. 3And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5"And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. 6But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
7"Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
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Hmmmmm........Sorry If I am rambling and making no sense.....